The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TO MEET THE WAR'S DEMANDS FOR STEEL OF A CERTAIN METALLURGICAL TYPE, THE ACID OPEN HEARTH FURNACE HAS BEEN RECENTLY BUILT AT AN AUSTRALIAN STEEL WORKS. SOME 40 TONS OF THIS SPECIAL STEEL IS SHOWN BEING TAPPED FROM FURNACE. THIS FURNACE PRODUCES THE STEEL FOR 6-INCH ARMOUR PIERCING SHELLS. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
SEMI COMPLETED ARMOUR PIERCING SHELLS SHOWN BEING STACKED FOR INSPECTION. THE SPECIAL STEELS REQUIRED FOR THESE SHELLS ARE BEING PRODUCED IN AUSTRALIA FROM AUSTRALIAN MATERIALS. PHOTO TAKEN AT THE COM
GIVING ONE OF THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY'S NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS THIRTEEN OPEN HEARTH FURNACES A "DRINK" OF MOLTEN PIG IRON. THIS OPEN HEARTH FURNACE PLANT SUPPLIES THE BULK OF THE STEEL WHICH AUSTRA
AT AN AUSTRALIAN STEEL WORKS, A 100-TON LADLE OF MOLTEN STEEL BEING LIFTED FROM THE OPEN HEARTH FURNACE CASTING SIDE BY OVERHEAD CRANE, OVER TO A LINE OF INGOT MOULDS, ONE OF WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE
HERE IS HOWN THE TAPPING SIDE OF THE OPEN HEARTH FURNACE PLANT AT THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETY'S NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS. THIS SIDE OF THE FURNACE IS LOWER THAN THE CHARGING SIDE WITH THE RESULT THAT WHEN
THE OPEN HEARTH CHARGING FLOOR AT THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETY'S NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS. IN THE FOREGROUND IS AN ELECTRICALLY-OPERATED FURNACE CHARGING MACHINE, AND IN THE BACKGROUND, A LADLE CONTAINING M
SIX INCH ARMOUR PIERCING SHELL ARE STACKED IN THE OPEN AIR FOR "WEATHERING" BEFORE BEING FILLED AND SENT TO BATTLE AREAS. COASTAL DEFENCES. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
